Where does “asiantuntematon” come from?
asiantuntematon (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuntematon, from Finnish -maton, from Finnish -ton, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.
asiantuntematon (Finnish): uninformed, unqualified, unprofessional, ignorant
Definitions
- uninformed, unqualified, unprofessional, ignorant
Ancestry of “asiantuntematon”, step by step
asiantuntematon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tuntematon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuntematon | unknown; anonymous; Negative participle of tuntea |
| 2 | Finnish | -maton | un- ~ -ed, etc; Forms negative adjectives... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ton | -less |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |